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H. L. GOODWIN.

I WATERGLOSET.

No. 352,747. A v Patented Nov. 16, 1886 4 F1 'll llllj $2 UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrrcn.

HARRY L. GOODWIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

WATER-CLOSET.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,747, daterNovember 16, 1886. Application filed July 8, ices. serial no. 201,42s. (No moieL) To all whom/.211? may concern Be it known that I, HARRY'L. GOODWIN, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

Myimprovement relates to water-closets in which the water in the bowl is siphoned out when it is desired to empty the bowl.

I will describe a water-closet embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a water-closet and tank embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a closet and tank of modified form. Fig. 3 is a detail of certain parts, partly in section.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the bowl of the water-closet. It may be of any desired shape. It is provided with a goose-neck, B, extending upwardly to near the top of the bowl, and then downwardly and upwardly beneath the bowl, when communieation may be made with a waste pipe. When the bowl is flushed, water will fill that portion of the goose-neck near the bowl,which portion I designate a, to the level of the water in the bowl. A trap will also be formed at the bend b of the neck. The parts thus far de scribed are not new.

0 designates a reservoir or tank from which water is supplied to flush the closet. The supply of water to the tank may be regulated by the usual float or cock, or in any other suitable manner.

In the example of my improvement shown in Fig. 1, D designates a flushing-pipe leading from the tank to the bowl A, and provided near the bowl, as shown, with a bend, as at s, whereby the pipe will be maintained full of water when its upper end is closed. Its upper end is closed by a valve,as is usual, affixed to the lower .end of a valve-rod, d, pivotally connected to a Connected with the goose-neck B of the bowl, and extending upwardly therefrom, is a ventpipe, F, which pipe communicates with the usual vent-pipe leading to the outside of a building. In this pipeF is arranged a cock,G, provided in this example of my improvement with buta single way. The portion oft-he plug of the cock which is outside the pipe is rigidly connected to the lever E, and constitutes, in effeet, the fulcrum of the lever.

I is a cord or chain, attached to one end ofthe lever, and provided with the usual pull-piece. When the valve is upon its seat and the bowl is not being flushed, the plug of the cock G is turned in such manner as to afford an open communication through its way,whereby gases may escape freely to the vent-pipe. When, however, the lever E is operated to raise the valve and flush the bowl, the plug of the cock .will be so turned as to close the passage in the pipe F. A powerful siphoning action will then take place as soon as the water starts over the bridge in the goose-neck, and the bowl will be effectually cleansed.

' In the example of my improvement shown in Fig. 2, I have shown athird pipe, J,which pipe communicates with the flushing-pipe D near the tank, and also with the goose-neck of the bowl below the point of connection of the pipe F. The shell of the cock G is provided with two transverse parts, to which are connected the pipes F and'J. The plug of the cock is also provided with suitable ways. -W hen the plug is turned into one position, the pipe F is closed, and passage is openedthrough the pipe J, wherebywater may flow to the neck of the bowl. When the plug is turned in the other direction, the pipe F will be opened and the pipe J closed. Free communication isthen had with-the ven t-pipe. By this arrangement the creation of a vacuum in the goose-neck of the bowl is facilitated. In this case I arrange.

the plug of the cock below the tank and employ a supplemental lever, E, connected to the lever E-by means of a rod, 6.

I may, if desirable, place a trap, as.atg,in the pipe J, and may provide the flushing-pipe D with a check-valve, 71, located in a bend in the pipe, as at h. I It will be seen that by my improvement very simple and direct means is afforded for IOC opening and closing the passage to the ventlever is operated in one direction it will raise the valve and the cock will be operated to close the passage in the vent-pipe, and when it is operated in another direction it will close the valve and the cock will be operated to open the passage in the ventpipe.

HARRY L. GOODVVIN.

lVitnesses:

M. FOWLER, J as. R. BOWEN. 

